Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:57:32 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #00000000000000E Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:57:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 52 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-OnQMcIO2DkDxhcRWdIacuXFlwtm/2ZjRLcwFLSxc2Co93Ft5z2GcdLhW2qtSnbkDzXaG6nEFjk1hkKD!zHYU5hvJ3lJgjKsP3nAJnuyFn2SbAmCBBwWDnegJ6sb/DzmWTCD4FyrSVYEoIfjJFpR/VDSW X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3098 Ho-ho-ho! The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate until all your chores are done! Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work, work... * Postal Redux https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/ An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84 the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal" will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons, plus online play. * Postal 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/ "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0 although whether you like it or not really depends on how well you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again tomorrow? Awww, man! Ho-ho-ho!